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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sam's father think Sam would have been living?

2. In "We All Learn About Halloween," where did Sam tether Frightful while he gathered nuts?

3. On what day did Baron Weasel look moldy?

4. "In I Pile up Wood and Go on with Winter," what time does Sam go back to his tree home after foraging for food?

5. How many days did it take Sam to get the fireplace so it didn't smoke him out of his tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sam invite his neighbor animals to come to a party for Halloween?

2. How did Sam and Frightful like the crickets in the meadow in "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness"?

3. How does Bando serve Sam's dad after the first course of onion soup?

4. How does Sam's dad react when he first sees Frightful?

5. Where does Sam get wood and store it in "I Pile up Wood and Go on with Winter"?

6. What preparations does Sam make for Christmas dinner when Bando will come?

7. What mess was made inside Sam's tree house when he had the Halloween party for his animal neighbors?

8. How did Frightful help Sam gather nuts?

9. Why is winter as exciting as summer - or maybe even more so - for Sam?

10. How did Sam make a deer hide jacket?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, Sam states that he is not a runaway any longer. Why isn't Sam a runaway by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Sam decided to throw a Halloween party for his animal neighbors. Why after the party was over, did Sam decide he would never again feed his animal neighbors?

Essay Topic 3

Sam found clever ways to get things done. How did Sam use ingenuity when he had a problem he needed to solve?

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